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With an impressive performance in the wet race at Spielberg (Austria) Mattias Ekström (Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline) took the lead of the DTM drivers’ standings at the Red Bull Ring. Following a victory on Saturday and third place on Sunday, his team-mate Edoardo Mortara is the runner-up in the standings.

Ingolstadt/Spielberg, August 2, 2015 – The Audi Sport TT Cup at Spielberg again proved that the Audi one-make cup stands for balanced and competitive racing. At the Red Bull Ring, Jan Kisiel (PL) claimed victory in the first race on Saturday. Round two on Sunday was started under difficult conditions in rain and stopped after an accident – Alexis van de Poele (B) was classified as the winner.

For the fourth time this year, Audi has secured the complete front row for a DTM race. At the Red Bull Ring at Spielberg, Edoardo Mortara and Jamie Green took positions one and two for Saturday’s race (start at 18.13, live coverage on ‘Das Erste’ beginning at 18.00 CEST).

One of them is battling in the Audi RS 5 DTM for the lead of the DTM standings and the other one is making his circuit racing debut in the Audi Sport TT Cup: the two friends, Mattias Ekström and Felix Neureuther, will be in the focus of interest at the Red Bull Ring on August 1 and 2.

The fourth edition of the Audi Cup offers a wealth of digital innovations. While the players of FC Bayern München, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur are playing for the trophy on the pitch on August 4 and 5, the crowd at the Munich Allianz Arena and the TV viewers can experience new digital services: the Audi Football App, the Audi Player Index, plus exciting information on various online channels. Digital Overlay, the virtual overlay of LED perimeter advertising, will be implemented in four countries.

The Red Bull Ring at Spielberg, Austria, will be the venue of the next two DTM races during the first weekend in August. Audi is traveling to Styria with a one-two lead in the drivers’ standings and as the leading manufacturer.

Successful weekend for the Audi customer teams in Germany and Belgium: In the DMV GTC, the Audi customer team HCB Rutronik celebrated its second victory in succession. In the 24-hour race at Spa, in which the Audi R8 LMS clinched two podium places, Audi welcomed prominent guests.

Double podium for the new Audi R8 LMS in the Spa 24 Hours. In the iconic endurance race in Belgium, Audi Sport Team WRT took second place in front of Audi Sport Team Phoenix. Quotes by drivers and officials.

Audi celebrated the next podium successes of the new Audi R8 LMS at Spa. Audi Sport Team WRT with Nico Müller (CH), Stéphane Ortelli (MC) and Frank Stippler (D) clinched second place in a race that was hard-fought from lights to flag. Christian Mamerow (D), Christopher Mies (D) and Nicki Thiim (DK) secured third place for Audi Sport Team Phoenix. Another Audi driver squad crossed the finish line in the iconic endurance race in the top ten as well.

Frank Stippler only needed an advantage of 17 thousandths of a second. This was the margin by which the 40-year-old professional driver from Audi Sport Team WRT secured the best time in the decisive Superpole shootout for the Spa 24 Hours. His team-mate Laurens Vanthoor (B) achieved the sixth-best time.

Tradition and technology: Every summer, a delegation of the Swiss alpine national ski team tests the wind tunnel of AUDI AG. At the ultra-modern wind tunnel center in Ingolstadt, five athletes of the Swiss Ski Team benefited from the technological expertise of the four rings.

The third race weekend of the Audi Sport TT Cup will have a touch of winter – figuratively speaking. The ski superstars Felix Neureuther (D), Marcel Hirscher (A) and Aksel Lund Svindal (N) will be on the grid at Spielberg, Austria, on August 1 und 2. In the field of 24 drivers, the three guest entrants will be contesting a challenge of their own.

The new Audi R8 LMS is facing its toughest test so far: the 24-hour race at Spa, Belgium. On July 25 and 26, the race car has to stand its ground in a large field made up of 58 GT3 race cars from eleven marques. The 68th running of the endurance race will be the final test before production of the Audi R8 LMS starts.

In front of 31,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) Audi maintained its one-two lead in the DTM drivers’ standings and first place in the DTM manufacturers’ classification. Audi’s man of the race on Sunday was Mattias Ekström, who in the Red Bull Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline shone with a recovery.

Despite a disappointing result in the first of the two DTM races at Zandvoort (the Netherlands), Audi has kept the one-two lead of the drivers’ classification and extended its advantage in the manufacturers’ classification. Jamie Green and Mattias Ekström continue to rank in positions one and two.

Leader of the standings Jamie Green in the Hoffmann Group Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Rosberg will start DTM race seven of the season at Zandvoort (the Netherlands) from the third row of the grid. In a close qualifying, the Briton in position six was the fastest Audi driver on Saturday afternoon.

Jamie Green and Mattias Ekström can hardly wait to get behind the wheel of their Audi RS 5 DTM cars at Zandvoort next weekend. Like most DTM drivers, the two Audi race drivers are great fans of the challenging track on the Dutch North Sea coast.

Four top teams in the fourth Audi Cup: In the tournament at Munich’s Allianz Arena on August 4 and 5, FC Bayern München, Real Madrid CF, AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur will be playing for the coveted trophy at the beginning of the season. The final day on August 5 is already sold out. Tickets are still available only for the two semi-final matches on August 4. Those unable to secure tickets will be able to watch the soccer stars live on ZDF.

When asked what their favorite DTM race track is, most Audi drivers will give the same answer: Zandvoort. The circuit in the dunes on the North Sea coast near Amsterdam will be the venue of the next two DTM races on July 11/12.

The Audi R8 LMS Cup produced exciting motorsport on its Taiwan debut. Sébastien Loeb Racing was rewarded for a strong race weekend and DTM driver Mattias Ekström won the FIA World Rallycross Championship round in Sweden.

In front of 123,000 spectators (throughout the weekend) Audi defended its lead of the DTM standings. Jamie Green from Audi Sport Team Rosberg remains the front runner in spite of a setback in the race. He has an eleven-point advantage over Mattias Ekström from Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline, who finished in fourth place after an impressive race.

Nicolaj Møller Madsen (DK) has won race two in the Audi Sport TT Cup at the Norisring. Following three podium places, the Dane secured his first victory in round four of the season, and after the second of six race weekends, is leading the drivers’ standings. Shaun Thong (HK) won the first race on Saturday.

Jamie Green kept a cool head in difficult conditions on the Norisring. The Briton in his Hoffmann Group Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Rosberg had started in third place on slicks on a wet track. In the first corner, his rivals forced him to run wide, which caused him to drop to twelfth place. But in the course of 46 race laps, the Briton recovered to seventh place. As a result, Green increased his advantage in the standings from 6 to 23 point

Audi’s Norisring race weekend is marked by an anniversary. 25 years ago, Audi, on making its debut, instantly won the Nuremberg city street race for the first time, with Hans-Joachim Stuck at the wheel of the Audi V8 quattro back then. On the third DTM weekend, Mattias Ekström is competing in his Red Bull Audi RS 5 DTM sporting the race car livery from those days. Autograph sessions, on-track drives and a meeting of former campaigners round off a week full of emotions.

The Audi drivers will have to tackle their ‘home round’ at the Norisring next weekend with plenty of additional weight on board of their Audi RS 5 DTM cars due to their successes in the first races of the 2015 season. Still, leader of the standings Jamie Green and runner-up Mattias Ekström are looking forward to the DTM’s only city street race.

The ‘home round’ for the four rings at the Norisring is linked with an aim that will only be achievable with a ‘heavy’ effort. In Nuremberg – only some 90 kilometers away from the headquarters in Ingolstadt – the Audi squad is set on continuing its winning streak in the DTM and clinching its seventh consecutive triumph on June 27 and 28.

Fantastic opportunity for autograph hunters: Mattias Ekström and DTM legend Hans-Joachim Stuck are on tour together over the coming days. Close at hand: Stuck’s Norisring winning car from 1990 and the current Red Bull Audi RS 5 DTM in one-off special white retro design.

Audi will be featured at Kieler Woche from June 20 to 28. This year marks the brand’s sixth commitment as a premium partner of the world’s biggest sailing regatta. The company’s involvement is extremely varied. It extends from the Audi ultra Cup to live TV and from a trailer service through to a shuttle service and the traditional support of the German national sailing team.

Spectators at the DTM races in Nuremberg on June 27 and 28 will get an unusual ‘special feature’ for the fans from Audi Sport: 25 years after Audi’s victory on the debut at the Norisring, Mattias Ekström will be running in an Audi RS 5 DTM sporting the colors of the Audi V8 quattro from 1990. This car will be seen in action at the Norisring as well.

The second race weekend of the Audi Sport TT Cup will see members of nobility on the grid. Albert von Thurn und Taxis, Pierre Casiraghi and Marcus Graf von Oeynhausen-Sierstorpff will be competing in both races on the Norisring on June 27 and 28 as guest drivers, contesting their very own challenge.

A record crowd of 263,500 spectators witnessed motorsport at the highest level for 24 hours. With a third place, Audi continued its string of podium positions, but missed taking overall victory. Quotes after the race.

Audi has continued its string of podium results in the 24-hour race at Le Mans but missed taking the 14th victory it was aiming for in the world’s most famous endurance race in positions three, four and seven.

The 24-hour race at Le Mans is one of the world’s biggest sporting events, which attracts several hundreds of thousands of fans and many prominent guests. Audi is, as most successful brand in recent Le Mans history, particularly popular.

This weekend, Audi will be battling for its 14th victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours. The aim, again, is to cover the longest distance with maximum efficiency because, since 2014, regulations have been in effect that require the teams to achieve the maximum from a specified amount of fuel. Audi was already the best in this discipline in the debut year.

A couple of unanswered questions remain after the first day of practice for the Le Mans 24 Hours (start on Saturday at 1500 CEST). Rain showers and several stoppages complicated also the work for Audi Sport Team Joest, which completed the most laps around the ‘Circuit des 24 Heures’ on Wednesday.

Right in time for the Le Mans 24 Hours, Audi is presenting a new version of the Audi Sport App for smartphones. It provides access to current information about the brand’s motorsport program and is available effective immediately.

Audi is set on continuing its string of victories in the world’s toughest endurance race on 13th and 14th June. Five times in succession, the sports cars with the four rings have won the iconic race since 2010. Audi is now battling for an amazing 14th victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours in the past 16 years. The efficiency technology Audi ultra is a major element of the Audi R18 e-tron quattro hybrid sports car’s overall concept this year.

In two weeks from now, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro will be challenged to claim its fourth consecutive victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours, with Audi competing against three manufacturers. At the same time, this will be a battle of the concepts: diesel vs. gasoline engines, kinetic vs. thermal energy recuperation and electromechanical vs. electrostatic vs. electrochemical storage. This brings back memories of the race two years ago.

The field for the Audi Cup 2015 is complete. In addition to host FC Bayern München and Real Madrid CF, AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur will be meeting at the Munich Allianz Arena on August 4 and 5. Advance ticket sales for the tournament are underway. Nearly 60,000 tickets have already been sold.

At Le Mans, Audi thoroughly prepared for the 24-hour race to be held in two weeks from now. On the official test day for the most important endurance race of the year, the three Audi R18 e-tron quattro cars completed detailed programs and reeled off 288 laps. On June 13 and 14, Audi will be battling for its 14th victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours at La Sarthe.

Seldom has a brand been as dominant on a DTM weekend as this time: 60,000 spectators witnessed an impressive showing by the Audi RS 5 DTM at the Lausitzring. The one-two-three-four win on Saturday evening was followed by an even greater Audi triumph in positions one to five on Sunday afternoon.

A great day for Audi in the DTM: At the Lausitzring, the brand with the four rings celebrated a commanding one-two-three-four victory on Saturday evening and remains unbeaten in the 2015 DTM. Jamie Green in the Hoffmann Group Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Rosberg recaptured the lead of the standings on scoring his second success of the season. Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline in positions two, three and four completed Audi’s triumph.

A family get-together of the fast kind: Audi DTM driver Miguel Molina and his Spanish compatriot Xavi Forés, who competes in the German motorcycle racing series IDM on a Ducati, met in the pit lane of the Lausitzring on Friday night.

In DTM races three and four of the season to be held at the Lausitzring on the last weekend in May, Audi drivers Edoardo Mortara and Mattias Ekström are set on defending their double lead of the standings. Plus, together with their six brand colleagues, they’re determined to eliminate the preconceived notion that the race track in Brandenburg doesn’t suit Audi once and for all.

Christopher Mies’s winning form continues: only one week after taking victory in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, he won the ‘Phillip Island 101’ in Australia. Audi customer teams celebrated more podium positions in England.

The new Audi R18 e-tron quattro competes in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in three weeks. The regulations stipulate that the sports car must be even more economical. At the same time, it will achieve significantly better lap times. With this efficiency gain, Audi makes the next step in the development of hybrid technology. In 2012, Audi was the first manufacturer to win Le Mans with hybrid drive. And to this day, this technology of the brand with the four rings is unbeaten in the endurance classic.

As the leader of all three classifications (drivers’, manufacturers’ and teams’), Audi heads to the second DTM weekend of the year – with a premiere: On Saturday, May 30, at the Lausitzring, a DTM race will be held on Saturday night for the first time – aired on prime time immediately before the DFB Cup final in Berlin, which is only about 130 kilometers away.

Marcel Fässler, André Lotterer and Benoît Tréluyer will be traveling to the Le Mans 24 Hours as the current leaders of the standings in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). When the trio starts at Le Mans in three weeks from now, it will be battling for its fourth victory in the iconic endurance race. Together with Audi Sport Team Joest and its race engineer, Leena Gade, it forms a close-knit team that achieved its first victory at Le Mans in a dramatic race four years ago.

Four matches with top-flight soccer clubs on two days – that’s the Audi Cup. Four big names in international soccer will be meeting at the Munich Allianz Arena on August 4 and 5 at the event billed as ‘In close touch with the best.’ The teams that have been confirmed to date are FC Bayern München and Real Madrid CF. Advance ticket sales on www.audicup.com are beginning today, with one-day ticket prices starting at only 20 euros.

The Audi R8 LMS managed a brilliant 24-hour racing debut by clinching victory at the Nürburgring. Audi only unveiled its GT3 race car ten weeks ago – now the production-based sports car impressed in a tough battle that lasted up to the last hour of the race. In the end, Audi Sport Team WRT with Christopher Mies/Nico Müller/Edward Sandström/Laurens Vanthoor (D/CH/S/B) was 40 seconds faster than the BMW Team Marc VDS.

29 days to go until the Le Mans 24 Hours: Audi is intensively preparing to battle for its 14th victory in the world’s toughest endurance race. Since 2000, the brand has won the race 13 times. This year, Audi has assembled all of its Le Mans winning models for a group photo for the first time. Every single one of them represents ‘Vorsprung durch Technik.’

The new Audi R8 LMS has passed its initial ‘field assessment’ in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring. With a gap of only 1.6 seconds, Pierre Kaffer (D) for Audi Sport Team WRT achieved fifth place in the individual time trials of the top-30 qualifying session. His team-mate Nico Müller (CH) trailed him by merely 0.379 seconds on the 25.378-kilometer Nordschleife. Audi Sport Team Phoenix completed the results in positions nine and ten.

The acid test for the new Audi R8 LMS: The GT sports car will be contesting its first 24-hour race at the Nürburgring from May 16 to 17. Audi is set on continuing the success which the race car achieved on clinching its first victory in the VLN Championship in April. The brand had unveiled the new R8 LMS at the Geneva Motor Show only ten weeks ago.

Audi’s success in the 2010 Le Mans 24 Hours marked the brand’s ninth victory in the iconic endurance race. Timo Bernhard (D), Romain Dumas (F) and Mike Rockenfeller (D) celebrated their first victory at La Sarthe. The three youngsters in their Audi R15 TDI covered a total of 5,410 kilometers, breaking the 39-year-old distance record by 75 kilometers. In addition, Audi achieved its fourth one-two-three result in this race.

On the first weekend in May, René Rast debuted in the Audi R18 e-tron quattro in the Spa 6 Hours and together with his team-mates immediately finished in fourth place – the highlight to date in what has been a remarkable career. Ten years ago, the now 28-year-old race driver was on the grid with a brand from the Volkswagen Group for the first time. Today, he is racing for Audi in the World Endurance Championship (WEC).

The 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours ranks as one of the top spots on the list of motorsport history’s epic events. A gripping battle between Audi and Peugeot marked the race from lights to flag, with Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish in the Audi R10 TDI displaying their driving experience on track and benefiting from the tactical skills of the crew in the command post.

The opening event of the German Segel-Bundesliga on the first weekend in May marked Audi’s start to the 2015 sailing season. The brand is now supporting the championship in its third year as a premium partner. The Kieler Woche from June 20 to 28 will be the highlight of its involvement in sailing. The aim is to combine top-caliber sport on water with exciting events on land.

Not only thousands of thrilled fans witnessed Audi’s victories in the WEC and the DTM at Spa and at the Hockenheimring this weekend. Prominent guests – including athletes and musicians – were guests of Audi and watched the events with bated breath in the pits as well.

Lead of the standings extended: In a 6-hour race that saw a hot lights-to-flag battle, André Lotterer, Marcel Fässler and Benoît Tréluyer celebrated their second victory in the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) season at Spa. Post-race quotes.

Race two of the Audi Sport TT Cup at the Hockenheimring was a humdinger. On a wet track, the crowd got to see plenty of overtaking maneuvers, two caution periods, plus a thrilling five-way battle for victory. Dennis Marschall (D) prevailed in a closely fought finale and celebrated his first victory in the cup race car.

The Audi Sport TT Cup has gone through its baptism of fire with flying colors. In the world premiere of the Audi one-make cup held as part of the DTM Festival at the Hockenheimring, 24 starters demonstrated the sportiness of the Audi TT* as a racing version. The first race was won by the Austrian Marc Coleselli.

A brilliant season opener for Audi in the DTM: In the opening round at Hockenheim, Jamie Green (Audi Sport Team Rosberg) took a commanding victory after starting from the pole position. With four Audi RS 5 DTM cars in the top six, Audi left the strongest overall impression as well.

Following the thrilling season opener of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Great Britain, Audi was unbeatable again in Belgium. On the challenging track at Spa, Marcel Fässler (CH), André Lotterer (D) and Benoît Tréluyer (F) proved their class again on clinching their second victory this season and tenth WEC success in total.

Season opener of the DTM, world premiere of the Audi Sport TT Cup, plus ‘World Rallycross Championship meets circuit racing’ – the Hockenheimring will be the venue of a motorsport festival this weekend. In the middle of the action: Audi drivers such as Timo Scheider, Sven Hannawald and Edward Sandström. All of them agree: “This is going to be a huge spectacle for the fans.”

Audi managed the leap onto the second row of the grid in round two of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). In qualifying at Spa (Belgium) the Audi R18 e-tron quattro car number ‘7’ from Audi Sport Team Joest on its fastest lap was short 0.359 seconds of setting the best time.

After Audi had gone down in history in clinching the first diesel-powered victory at Le Mans in 2006, the race the following year held the next major challenge in store for the brand. The 75th running of the epic event showed one of its particularly grueling facets.

At the 6 Hours of Spa, the Audi R18 e-tron quattro debuts a new bodywork configuration. It differs significantly from the version with which Audi won the FIA World Endurance Championship WEC season opener at Silverstone. Jan Monchaux, Head of Aerodynamics at Audi Sport, explains the background.

The aim is clear: Audi Sport Italia is determined to defend its title in the Italian GT Championship. The new season is starting on May 2, and Emilio Radaelli is putting two Audi R8 LMS ultra cars on the grid. The team’s drivers include the three-time Le Mans winner Dindo Capello who will be retiring from motorsport this year.

The officials of the Audi Sport TT Cup will be looking back on twelve months of preparation when the new Audi one-make cup debuts at the Hockenheimring on May 2 and 3, 2015. A cup race will be held on both Saturday and Sunday as part of the 2015 DTM Festival. In addition to the 18 permanent entrants, six guest drivers will be on the grid.

Audi has always stood for pioneering achievements. The brand with the four rings was the first automobile manufacturer to win the World Rally Championship in 1982 with a four-wheel drive model, the legendary quattro. And at Le Mans, Audi again turned conventional wisdom upside down. Never before had a marque tried to win the 24-hour race with a diesel engine – the time to do so was ripe in 2006.

A redeeming moment for Audi’s motorsport fans: Exactly 195 days without DTM will be over when another DTM race starts at Hockenheim on Saturday, May 2, at 14.48 after a long winter break – followed by the next one less than 24 hours later.

The season opener in Germany on the first weekend in May will kick off the 25th season of the Audi quattro Cup. The tournament series for amateur golfers that is popular around the world is the hub of Audi’s involvement in national and international golf.

First victory for the second generation Audi R8 LMS: only seven weeks after its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show, Audi Sport Team WRT clinched a one-two with the new GT3 sportscar in the VLN endurance championship at the Nürburgring.

Overtaking maneuvers on each lap, wheel-to-wheel duels, lead changes and a 4.6-second advantage for Audi after six hours of racing: The WEC opening round at Silverstone could not have been more thrilling. As the leaders of the standings, Audi is now traveling to the second in a total of eight World Championship rounds with high expectations. On May 2, the Spa 6 Hours is on the calendar of Audi Sport Team Joest – a classic race that promises to become equally exciting as the most recent one at Silverstone.

For the opening of the Audi Sport TT Cup at Hockenheim on the first May weekend, two rallycross stars will battle for bragging rights: Guest starters Tanner Foust (USA) and Toomas Heikkinen (FIN) pit themselves against the permanent competitors. Ski jump Olympic gold medalist and World Champion Sven Hannawald also joins the grid.

With a field made up of eight automotive brands, the ADAC GT Masters is one of the world’s strongest national GT3 championships. This weekend, the new season of the high-caliber GT racing series will open at Oschersleben. Four customer teams will be putting a total of seven Audi R8 LMS ultra cars on the grid – no other manufacturer has as many cars in the field as Audi.

The third R18 e-tron quattro that is additionally fielded in two rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) is a ‘dream cockpit’ for many race drivers. Audi has traditionally been offering selected talents an opportunity to prove themselves at the wheel of this car. Be it Mike Rockenfeller, who was in the cockpit of the third LMP race car for the first time in 2007 and, three years later, celebrated overall victory at Le Mans with Audi, Loïc Duval, Lucas di Grassi or Oliver Jarvis, all of them have since been promoted to regular cockpits – so the third car is practically a career springboard.

Further information about the official fuel consumption figures and official, specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars can be found in the “Guide to fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and electricity consumption of new cars,” which is available free of charge from all sales outlets and from DAT (Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH), Hellmuth-Hirth-Strasse 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen, Germany (http://www.dat.de).